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Frederick E. Hoxielikes to ask this of his University of Illinois students on the Urbana/Champaign campus. He hears Geronimo, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. And, since the 1995 Disney film, Pocahontas.

We are stalledon romantic stereotypes of Native Americans, Hoxie writes in his groundbreaking academic book, "This Indian Country: American Indian Activists and the Place They Made." We like our Indians to be warriors and princesses, easy to dismiss as having a history that was short, sad and long ago.

Intending no disrespect to war heroes such as Ohio's Tecumseh, Hoxie wonders, "Why don't we demand a richer, three-dimensional story?"

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Ohio Housing Finance
Agency (OHFA) administers Ohio’s foreclosure prevention program for homeowners
who are at high risk of default or foreclosure.Ohio was allocated $570.4 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s
Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) to implement Restoring Stability: A Save the Dream Ohio
Initiative.

Aimed to assist homeowners
with financial hardships including unemployment, reduced wages or hours, death
of a spouse, increased medical expenses or divorce.

For Homeowners:

1.Rescue
Payment Assistance:brings the homeowner
current on his or her delinquent mortgage;

Friday, November 9, 2012

Lonnie Bunch, museum director, historian,
lecturer, and author, is proud to present A Page from Our
American Story, a regular on-line series for Museum
supporters. It will showcase individuals and events in the African American
experience, placing these stories in the context of a larger story — our
American story.

A
Page From Our American Story

Grave of CPL Freddie Stowers
at Meuse-Argonne American Cemeteryin France.

Freddie Stowers, the grandson of a South Carolina slave, holds a unique
spot in America's pantheon of war heroes — as the only African American awarded
the Medal of Honor for service in World War I. Stowers' story, however, must be
told in two parts. The first part of the story is his act of heroism in 1918;
the second part is that it took more than 72 years before Stowers finally
received the recognition he was due.

The United States was the last major combatant to enter World War I,
the “war to end all wars.” The conflict began in Europe in 1914, but in the
U.S., isolationist sentiments were strong resulting in a foreign policy of
non-intervention.
However, on May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British ship
Lusitania, killing 128 Americans on board, sparking anti-Germany
sentiment in the United States.

In the next two years, a series of events added to American anger with Germany. On April 2, 1917 President Woodrow
Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. By the end of June
1917, American troops were in France.

Corporal Freddie Stowers came to France as part of the all-black
Company C, 371st Regiment, 93rd Division that deployed in
September, 1918. His service in France was short but courageous and
memorable.

More than 50 years after the Civil War, America's military was still
segregated. The French, however, had no such rules, and Stowers and Company C
were sent to the front lines to serve alongside French
troops.

On September 28, just days after arriving in France, Stowers' company
was in the midst of an attack on Hill 188, Champagne Marne Sector, France, when
enemy forces appeared to be giving up.

According to the War Department, German soldiers emerged from their
trenches waving a white flag, arms in the air — military actions that signal
surrender. It was a ruse, however. As Americans, including Cpl. Stowers, went to
capture the “surrendering” Germans, another wave of the enemy arose and opened
fire.

Very quickly, Company C's lieutenant and non-commissioned officers were
killed in the fight. This left the 21-year-old Stowers in command. Without
hesitation, he implored his men to advance on the Germans.

Stowers would be mortally shot during the exchange. Wounded and dying,
Stowers continued to fight on, inspiring his men to push the enemy back. With
Stowers leading the counter-attack, Americans took out an enemy machine gun
position and went on to capture Hill 188.

Following the battle, Stowers' commanding officer nominated him for the
Medal of Honor, but the nomination was never processed. The Pentagon said the
paperwork was misplaced. Some raise the possibility that the nomination wasn't
misplaced at all, but deliberately lost. They point to the fact that American
troops were segregated and suggest that racial bias in the military might be the
reason for Stowers' missing paperwork.

The final part of Freddie Stowers' story begins in 1990. As the
Department of Defense began to modernize its data systems, it ordered a review
of all battlefield medal nominations. When Stowers' recommendation was found,
the Pentagon quickly took action to give the corporal the long overdue
recognition and honor he deserved.

After the posthumous
presentation of the Medal of Honorto the sisters of Corporal (CPL) Freddie
Stowers byPresident George H. W. Bush, Mrs. Barbara Bush andMary Bowens
admire the Medal of Honor certificate.Ms Bowens is CPL Stowers' sister. His
other sisterGeorgina Palmer (far left) looks on. CPL Stowers is theonly
Black American to receive the Medal for action duringWorld War I. Photo:
Robert Ward, DOD PA, April 4, 1991.

On April 24, 1991, more than 72 years after Stowers made the ultimate
sacrifice for his nation, his sisters Georgiana Palmer and Mary Bowens, 88- and
77-years-old at the time, were presented his Medal of Honor by President George
H. W. Bush.

Long before Stowers was honored by his nation, he, along with other
members of Company C, received recognition from the French government: “For
extraordinary heroism under fire.” Stowers and his unit received the Croix de
Guerre – the French War Cross — the highest military medal France awards to
allied soldiers.

Prior to World War I, 49 African Americans had been awarded the Medal
of Honor, including 25 men who fought for the Union in the Civil War. There were
119 Medals of Honor recipients in World War I, with Stowers being the only
African American. His long overdue recognition in 1991 is a small but important
sign of the progress we as a nation have made.

All
the best,

Lonnie Bunch
Director

The
National Museum of African American History and Culture is the newest member of
the Smithsonian Institution's family of extraordinary
museums.

The
museum will be far more than a collection of objects. The Museum will be a
powerful, positive force in the national discussion about race and the important
role African Americans have played in the American story — a museum that will
make all Americans proud.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Listen up Maple Heights' Apartheid government. Your days are numbered, and we are going to make sure you are exposed.And for those Maple Heights officials and other public employees who are so used to not being accountable to their employers, and will do everything they can to not be accountable, we will tackle this problem with systemic racism in Maple Heights legally. That's how we always deal.

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Luke 11:9-10 says,

"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS VOTE, AND THEN ONLY VOTE FOR POLITICIANS (LOCAL, STATE, FED) WHO WILL PROTECT THEIR CIVIL/CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

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IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS VOTE FOR/HIRE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THE LEGAL/JUDICIAL SYSTEM (INCLUDES THE COURTS, THE POLICE, ETC) WHO WILL PROTECT THEIR CIVIL/CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.--AND MOST IMPORTANT - TO VOTE FOR/HIRE ONLY THOSE POLITICIANS/PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THAT WILL EMPOWER AFRICAN AMERICANS POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. ... REAL POWER AND NOT CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE AS WE'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.